The
Hearthstone Advantage
Why Invest In A Hearthstone?
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Q U A L I T Y
- Operating our own sawmill allows for tremendous flexibility with timber
sizes and lengths and exceptional quality control. White Pine and White Oak trees are
native to the region. Long lengths up to 42 feet and/or diameters up to 30 inches
available.
- Purchasing and managing timber boundaries controls raw material cost and
inventory.
- All timbers are stress graded and grade stamped in accordance with Timber
Products Inspection, Inc. heavy timber grading standards which ensures our clients of the
best quality material available.
- Lifetime structural warranty.
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- Over 100 standard log plans and 50 timberframe
plans developed and available. All standard plans can be modified to your
specifications as to size, layout, design, windows, doors, ceiling heights,
etc.
- Standard blueprint services include cross
sections, floor plans, foundation plans, four elevations, and additional
details for most permit and construction requirements. Your choice of slab,
crawl space, or basement foundation.
- CAD (computer-aided-design) software offers
the latest in 3D modeling, allowing complex designs to be viewed in three
dimensions prior to manufacturing. This eliminates hard-to-find design
problems and speeds construction.
- Windows 95™ Hearthstone Estimating System
(HEW) provides clear, concise specifications and detailed proposals for your
convenience. This eliminates the guesswork about quantities, quality, and
degree of preparation.
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- Experienced East Tennessee workforce is
talented and dedicated with over 500 years of combined experience in the log
home/timberframe home business.
- In business since 1971 building homes for over
3000 customers nationwide.
- Architectural design staff with over 65 years
of experience designing and engineering log and timberframe homes.
- Company owned trucks and employee drivers with
over 70 years combined experience delivering materials to the most remote of
job sites.
- Experienced Customer Service and Direct Sales
personnel to answer
your questions and respond to your needs.
- Sales professionally serviced by experienced
staff and extensive network of Distributors and Dealers nationwide.
- Toll free numbers 24 hours a day for a prompt
reply to your sales/service needs.
- Internet website, e-mail, and voice mail used
to update and communicate with customers and Independent Representatives.
- Dandridge factory tours encouraged with
customers, architects and builders to define options and review products and services.
- Money back guarantee since 1987 unmatched by
anyone in the world.
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C
O N S T R U C T I O N
- Construction manual(s) to assist the builder
with the finish details of construction.
- Nationwide erection service provided by
certified Hearthstone erection crews. Cost of crew travel, crane and
accommodations included in detailed Proposal (no "hidden" costs or
open-ended construction agreements).
- Nationwide "dry-in" construction
service available to protect our clients with a temporarily dried-in shell.
- Access to additional construction services
such as chinking, staining, etc........ available in most areas of the
country.
- Experienced Technicians available worldwide to
travel and work alongside your own builder or crew during any phase of
construction, particularly beneficial should you wish to erect or dry-in
your own home or structure.
- Each load is securely banded, strapped and/or
tarped for protection during shipment.
- Confirmation schedule adjusts for change
orders and provides customers with exact costs and specifications prior to
scheduling a firm delivery date.
- Experienced export service available using
overseas shipping specialist and containerized packaging.
- Delivery of commonly available construction
materials managed from locally available sources to avoid unnecessary loads
of freight from East Tennessee.
- Off-loading of materials at job site included
with erection service.
- All structural fasteners specified and
included with package or dry-in service.
- Logs rest on foundation walls in many
instances. This provides a more aesthetically pleasing transition from
foundation to log wall and reduces cost associated with covering up the
sub-floor and accessing electrical wiring.
- Higher second floor systems such as the
8'-9" ceiling found the TimberWright system section A. Custom floor
heights available for all systems.
- Precut rough openings per plan as approved by
client.
- Pre-drilled wiring holes and easy electrical
access in all log system(s) will reduce finishing labor cost and allow for
changes after system is erected.
- Shrinkage and settling engineered into every
log system including:
Window, door, and fireplace openings
designed with adjustable sliding jamb system to allow proper settling
without affecting windows and doors.
Interior and exterior posts designed with
adjustable jacks to allow for settlement of walls. Screw jacks also provided
for intermediate posts that are designed to be built right into the interior
stud walls with no need for removal as construction progresses.
Through-bolts, nuts, washers, and compression
springs used in log construction to tighten walls during erection, to
accelerate settling, and dramatically increase wall rigidity. Through-bolts
are 5/8" diameter and are plated.
Rigid spline material and load bearing blocks
designed to keep system air tight as log walls shrink and settle.
- Porch material available precut with
birds-mouth rafters and mortise and tenon joinery.
- Gable dormer valley and jack rafters
available precut with precision.
- Hip roof and valley rafters designed and
precut with precision.
- Shed dormer walls pre-built by Hearthstone and
shipped to site with log package. (with complete package purchase.)
- Second floor heavy timber log stair
system available precut.
- Precut fireplace mantels and brackets provided
with all log homes.
- Chink space cavity is insulated up to R-30 for
increased efficiency.
- Chink space construction allows for future
access to electrical wiring and ease of replacement/repair if necessary many
years down the road.
- Standard built-up roof system provides R-30
insulation for increased efficiency and lower utility bills. This is an
"aged" R-value, not an "as built" R-value normally
associated with fiberglass insulation.
- Premium grade "V-edged" 2x6 spruce
tongue and groove provided for second floor systems, main roof decking and
porch roofs. The beauty, color, tightness of knots and ease of installation
all complement the heavy timber construction.
- Specialty and common materials designed to
complement each log or timberframe building system.
- Minimum waste decking layout details are
provided for (A) roof system (B) second floor system (C) Porch roof system.
Provided as a plan overlay for ease of use.
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SBCCI code approved log system
engineered for 110 mph (176 km/hr) wind load and seismic zone 3. Higher
wind and seismic zone engineering available.
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Timberframe system engineered
and manufactured in conformance to the National Design specifications for
Wood Construction and Supplement 1991 edition.
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Model Energy Code approved
building systems.
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North Carolina Energy Code
approved building systems.
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Japanese National Building
Code approved building systems.
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Engineering review and
engineer’s stamps available in all 50 states.
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Multiple timber finishes available including:
Hand Hewn
Planed Smooth
WeatherAged™
(Available in addition to both hand hewn and machine hewn surfaces)
Planed, with chamfered edges (available for
girders, beams, ridges, rafters, collars, stairs, bannister, etc...)
Multiple squared and dovetailed log
wall profiles including:
6x12 Traditional
Log System with advanced dovetail design and
4" chink space. (Also available in 8" thick logs by special order
and longer lead times.)
6x12 full compound dovetail with 2 inch
chink space. (Also available in 8" thick logs by special order and
longer lead times.)
6" thick and 14" tall TimberWright
Log System introducing old fashioned V-Notch
corners and hand-carved chamfered edges. Featuring a 3" chink
space with random effect. (Also available in 8" thick logs by special
order and longer lead times.)
6" thick hand-crafted Bob
Timberlake Log Home Collection with large logs ranging from 14-24
inches variable height with naturally contoured edges and a variable chink
space of 1" to 5". (Also available in 8" thick logs
by special order and longer lead times.)
8x16 full compound dovetail with 3 inch
chink space.
Chinking material (Perma-Chink®)
easily maintained and available in six (6) colors.
Lifeline® stain is available in
eighteen (18) colors to preserve the beauty and life of the logs.
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